For Augustine Tang, driving a taxi was a way to carry on his father’s legacy, who died unexpectedly in 2015. But the coronavirus pandemic has turned his taxi into a burden, a sentiment shared by thousands of other cabdrivers in New York. “It’s a ghost town,” Tang remarks, as he drives through Chinatown. With ridership
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“Jeopardy!” had a simple message ahead of the broadcast of the very last episode featuring the legendary Alex Trebek: Thank you. In a tweet on Friday evening, the show posted a tribute video to Trebek, who hosted the show for 37 seasons and passed away in November. This week was the last week of new
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Here are the local scores from Friday, Jan. 8, 2020. You can watch the highlights in the video player above. HS BOYS BASKETBALL Boonville (59) Blair Oaks (74) FINAL Father Tolton (53) Cardinal Ritter (70) FINAL Capital City (62) Centralia (55) FINAL Vienna (55) St. Elizabeth (65) FINAL Ozark (79) Hickman (72) FINAL Pacific (49)
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President-elect Joe Biden will aim to release nearly every available dose of the coronavirus vaccine when he takes office, a break with the Trump administration’s strategy of holding back half of US vaccine production to ensure second doses are available. Releasing nearly all vaccine doses on hand could quickly ratchet up the availability of coronavirus
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COLUMBIA, Mo (KMIZ) The No. 10 Mizzou wrestling team dominated No. 21 Central Michigan in dual one of a round-robin bout at the Hearnes Center. The Tigers didn’t start off as they would have liked, with Central Michigan’s Drew Hildebrandt taking down Connor Brown in the first match of the day, however, the team bounced
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A federal judge on Friday blocked a sweeping asylum rule that had been scheduled to take effect nationwide in a matter of days, issuing yet another legal blow to the Trump administration. The administration has released a series of rules restricting asylum over the last four years, making it nearly impossible for asylum seekers to
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Parler, the alternative social media platform popular with conservatives, has been banned from the Google Play Store, Google told CNN Business Friday evening. Google said its app store has long required that apps displaying user generated content have moderation policies in place to prevent the spread of violent rhetoric. “We’re aware of continued posting in
Continue Reading The relentless surge of Covid-19 patients has strained resources and health care workers at Los Angeles hospitals to the point that officials are preparing to ration care with triage officers, who will decide which patients receive what treatment. Once a hospital reaches a phase called “crisis care mode,” triage officers at the county’s four public
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Security footage released Friday shows protesters entering the Oregon Capitol last month after a Republican state legislator allegedly opened a side door and walked out. Oregon State Police have opened an investigation into state Rep. Mike Nearman’s actions, according to spokesman Timothy Fox. CNN has reached out to Nearman’s office but has not received a
Continue Reading Maj. Dwight Christensen remembers the sense of shock he felt first walking through the doors of St. Mary Medical Center in Apple Valley, California. “I was seeing patients, just lining up in the hallway, in the emergency room … ICU patients just throughout the hospital,” he told CNN. Christensen is part of a National Guard
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A St. Louis is charged with assaulting a person back in July. According to court documents, Christopher Henderson was visiting Columbia and assaulted the victim by punching the victim multiple times, choking the victim and hitting the victim’s face with the butt of the gun. Police report the victim’s face was badly
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An Alabama man allegedly parked a pickup truck packed with 11 homemade bombs, an assault rifle and a handgun two blocks from the US Capitol building on Wednesday for hours before authorities ever noticed, according to federal prosecutors. The revelation is one of the most unsettling details federal prosecutors have made public this week as
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House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said Friday Democrats are prepared to move forward with impeachment next week if President Donald Trump doesn’t resign, as momentum quickly built among House Democrats furious with Trump to hold an impeachment vote. Following a Democratic caucus call earlier in the afternoon, Pelosi said in a statement that the House would
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WASHINGTON (AP) — Lawyers for the only woman on federal death row are asking a judge to halt her execution and arguing she isn’t competent and can’t be put to death. Lisa Montgomery is scheduled to be executed on Tuesday at the federal prison complex in Terre Haute, Indiana. Her lawyers filed a petition Friday
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One year after the Covid-19 outbreak began, countries around the world are racing to secure and distribute vaccines to their citizens. Some countries like the United States and United Kingdom have already begun vaccinating priority groups and the public. In Asia, only a handful of countries have reached this stage — the biggest being China
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President Donald Trump and his attorney Rudy Giuliani both mistakenly made calls to Republican Sen. Mike Lee as deadly riots were unfolding at the US Capitol earlier this week, a spokesman for the senator confirmed to CNN — calls that were intended for another GOP senator the White House was frantically trying to convince to
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Tommy Lasorda, who spent seven decades in the Dodgers organization — first as a player in Brooklyn and then in Los Angeles as a two-time World Series winning manager — has died. He was 93. Lasorda had a sudden cardiopulmonary arrest while home Thursday evening. Less than an hour later, he was pronounced dead at
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“Trump or war. Today. That simple.” “If you don’t know how to shoot: You need to learn. NOW.” “we will storm the government buildings, kill cops, kill security guards, kill federal employees and agents, and demand a recount.” In the weeks, days and hours ahead of Wednesday’s siege on the Capitol by President Donald Trump’s
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A year ago, a rare thing happened to American women. For three months, they held more jobs than men in the US economy — something that had only occurred one other time in history, during a short period in 2009 and early 2010. Sure, there were still many other gender gaps: women were more likely
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) — No matter how old we get there’s still a kid in all of us. The town of Winthrop is learning that first hand thanks to 91-year-old Dean Conklin and his sledding skills. John Lauritsen shows us the reason why his trip down the hill was
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